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A little while ago I finished an orchestral cover for FF IX's "You're Not Alone". This is by far my favorite video game track and I thoroughly enjoyed making this cover. I just realized I hadn't shared this here so here it is!

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Yeah...it is a bit dry I'll admit. I'm currently using Garritan Personal Orchestra, which are quite dry samples. I'm just getting ready to upgrade to EWQL...so soon I'll have shiny new instruments to work with =D.

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Thinking of upgrading to EWQLSO? :) I'll come in and say your best bang for your buck would be Gold Edition. I don't understand why there's two different versions of Platinum, personally; most won't notice the difference, especially since most tracks and songs are still 16-bit; plus, since the PLAY conversion, you can buy the additional mic positions for Gold.

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Thanks Kristoff! I'll keep articulations in mind for future projects, now that I listen to it again with that in mind i can see a few places where that would've been nice. As far as modwheel is concerned, there isn't one place in the song where the mod wheel is still. Garritan uses the mod wheel to adjust volume and timbre, so it's constantly in motion as the piece progresses.

As much as I would love to try the more expensive samples, with EWQLSO gold on sale for $250 I simply can't pass that up. Even though I could find better libraries this will still be much nicer compared to my Garritan library I'm currently using.

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As much as I would love to try the more expensive samples, with EWQLSO gold on sale for $250 I simply can't pass that up. Even though I could find better libraries this will still be much nicer compared to my Garritan library I'm currently using.

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Yeah, personally, the only thing I don't like about EWQLSO is the fact that it runs on its own sample playing engine, now, with not many features to offer other than reverb, unlike its old sample player (Kontakt), so essentially, it's virtually impossible to resort to sound design without use of external plugins. Not that that matters if you want a strictly-orchestral sound, but still....